It looks like I'm not on time any more for #usaloya challenge, organized by ToxicVanity. It took me four days to finish this mani, though it's a matter of few minutes! Lazy me, I'm so ashamed! This time I try a new top-coat to seal the manicure. It's Rapi Dry Top Coat by OPI. I purchased it because I'm not satisfied with my other top-coats by Essence and Mavala.

So why did I buy another top-coat if I already have Essence's and Mavla's? Well, because these two ruin my nail art every single time! So I decided to splurge on OPI which in Spain is quite expensive. I must say that [in my opinion & so far ] OPI's Rapi Dry is much much better than Essence and Mavala, because 1st) the finish is like more "solid" and "higher end finish" and 2nd) it doesn't smudge the other colours together...as much as the other top-coats. But IT DOES. And I know because in this mani, although I waited for two minutes, I got some colour edges mixed up T_T. And the bristles of the Rapi Dry brush got tinted XD. So as a conclusion...I should wait more than two minutes before applying the top-coat XD.

And next a little experiments I did; white base coat or grey one? I solved this dilemma, you can also if you check this picture, and in real life there is much difference. The answer depends on each one's personal taste. In my case it's a definitive "both of them"<3.

This week I post this a little late, and it's also due to the load of work I had until the very last moment. It wouldn't matter much, but most of the nail art posts in fact belong to the online challenge called #usaloya organized by ToxicVanity, which is meant to be every Friday, and it's already late Saturday XD.

Grís y rojo alternados como base/Grey and red as base colours.

He estampado un diseño de estrellas usando el colore contario/ I've stamped a starred desing on the tips using the opposite colour.

La punta estampada está en diagonal para hacerlo un poco divertido/ The tip is not straight in order to make it look funny

I picked two Essie nail polishes, just coincidence, though it may happen again since I'm enjoying Essie lot so I may purchase more in the future. I really like their quality, finish and shades, but not their regular price in Spain. If I even travel to the US I'll definitely buy a tone of them! I bought my four Essie nail polishes in set I found in the Duty Free for 31€. I just bought it because it contained the shade Madmoiselle, which is really popular. It disappointed me a lot, but these two other shades are gorgeous!

I had used Chinchilly shade many times, never get tired of it. Thanks to #usaloya challenge I'll manage to overcome this addiction so I can try new other nail polishes I have waiting to shine on my nails. This time I used for the first time Essie's Fifth Avenue, which is number 64. It's a redish shade, not too deep, not orangy, not burgundy. I think it's perfect to combine with other colours, even really opposite ones.

Los productos que he usado son los siguientes / Products I've used:

Mavala - base coat

Essie - Fifth Avenue

Essie - Chinchilly

Como he comentado, estoy seriamente enganchada a los esmaltes de Essie, aunque sólo tengo cuatro (y uno es transparente, así que no cuenta!). Tenéis alguna recomendación de qué esmalte de Essie debería probar?As I already wrote, I'm really fascinated by Essie nail polishes, though I only have four (and one is transparent so...). Do you have any Essie recommendation to try next?

This week I was so busy I could not paint my nails until today, so I post this a little bit late. I decided to try out this Maybelline Colorshow 46 Sugar Crystals. It's a top coat I purchased last summer, together with the Polka Dots. I bought it because it was cheap and sparkling :).

By the way, I don't get why Maybelline has these nail polishes with different labels. Is it Color Show? Colorama? Color Show by Colorama? I think they produced different labels depending on where they were going to sell the product, so when I look for reviews on the net it's a mess!

My intention was to check the finish this sparkling top coat gives and its pay-off, so I tried it on top of different colours and also on its own. I painted two nails with each colour, and then one of each with Maybelline's sparkling top coat. I like the results very much, on each and every experiment^^. In my pictures you can't see the true finish. This Maybelline Suga Crystals contains tiny tiny silver glitter. In the bottle the polish seems to habe a beige/orangy shade, but there is no color pay-off on the nail after applying it. Perhaps after many many layers you could get some background shade, but I'm not interested on trying it at the expenses of looking like a Xmas tree XD.

Los productos que he usado son los siguientes / Products I've used:

Mavala - base coat

Essence - colour&go 146 that's what I mint!

Deliplús - Dolce Vita! #518

Hean - 630 Pastel Apricot

Essie - Chinchilly

Maybelline . Colorama 46 Sugar Crystals

Mavala - top coat

Aparte de algún Polka Dots y este esmalte purpurinoso, no tengo más de Maybelline, pero como me han gustado tanto a lo mejor pruebo más.Apart of two Polka Dots and this sparkling one, I don't have other Maybelline's, but my few experience has been so positive that I may try other ones.

I recommend it 100%. I usually watch korean or japanese dorama, mainly for the sweet love stories in there <3. Buuuut from time to time I need to switch from the slow and cheesy plots to more dynamic stories where you don't feel like slapping the characters. This comedy is about a woman in her thirties who, due to a crime she committed 10 years ago, is sentenced to jail for 15 months. So this posh girl, who thinks she is perfect and fair, suddenly finds out about the real world out there (or should I say inside there?). We see her everyday life with the other inmates, and how the realtions with her friends and relatives evolve. In my opinion, the best thing are the sad-WTF moments in which you actually laugh.

Los productos que he usado son los siguientes / Products I've used:

Essence - protective base coat

Catrice - 320 Back To Black

Hean - 630 Pastel Apricot

Essence - sealing top coat

Habíais probado esmaltes de Hean? Conocíais esta serie? / Have you ever tried Hean nail polishes? Did you know about this tv series?